"neal" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /niːl/ Forms: neals [present, singular, third-person], nealing [participle, present], nealed [participle, past], nealed [past]
Etymology: See anneal. Head templates: {{en-verb}} neal (third-person singular simple present neals, present participle nealing, simple past and past participle nealed)
  1. (transitive) To temper by heat. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-neal-en-verb-YsVkDch- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41
  2. (intransitive) To be tempered by heat. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-neal-en-verb-kt1I4FOb

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for neal meaning in English (1.4kB)

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